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搴

Mandarin · pinyin qiān

to seize
to pull
to hold up the hem of clothes

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搴: qiān · extract; seize; pluck up

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1 · qian1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gin2 · hin1

Cantonese word readings for 搴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to remove by pulling out
to recruit (candidates for a position)
to get; to gain; to acquire; to draw; to obtain

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